Nearly a thousand... a thousand famous paintings and calligraphic works?
Worth over twenty billion RMB?
The museum director took the microphone from the campus reporter, faced the camera, and said with great excitement, spittle flying, "Including the ’Hanjiang Painting’, ’Linjiang Mansion’s Spring Hunting Painting’, and even the unparalleled masterpieces ’Asking About Learning’ from our well-known calligraphic masters, all have been d to the collection of the Imperial Capital Cultural Museum!"
Which student at Imperial University isn’t a top scholar?
What he was talking about was well-known to them, none other than China’s ancient famous paintings and calligraphic works, cultural treasures of incredible value.
Only, during the years of war, many paintings and calligraphic works had been lost overseas, and now it was impossible to retrieve them.
Just recently, they had seen news reports of Chinese archaeological experts who, needing to study certain ancient artifacts, could only fly to foreign museums to apply for access—which was laughable, wasn’t it?
It wasn’t that there were no wealthy people donating cultural relics, but they would one piece at a time. Have you ever heard of anyone donating hundreds of pieces? It was simply unheard of!
The Bai Family had stored so many paintings and calligraphic works?
Even the Liu Family, a well-known scholarly family from the Imperial Capital, couldn’t possibly have so many.
Seeing that everyone was confused, the museum director gripped the microphone even tighter, becoming more excited as tears genuinely rolled down from his eyes, he nearly choked up as he said, "These paintings and calligraphic works all come from the A Country Painting and Calligraphy Association! They were acquired at great expense by Miss Bai Chuwei and then d to our museum!"
The director could no longer refer to Bai Chuwei as a student, but as "Miss Bai Chuwei" to show his respect.
As a museum director devoted to cultural projects, he couldn’t help but respect such a courageous young lady, only eighteen or nineteen years old! That’s why, no matter how busy he was, he had to come here himself today!
Bai Chuwei’s lips curled slightly.
But these paintings and calligraphic works belonged to the Painting and Calligraphy Association of A Country, and the manager had "voluntarily" d them to the museum in the name of Bai Chuwei, although this part was not so easy to explain. Which painting and calligraphy association relied on these things for income and then gave away their lifeline to a museum? They must be out of their minds.
After thinking hard, the manager claimed that it was Miss Bai Chuwei who had bought these works and then d them.
Of course, the director believed without a doubt.
He wasn’t like the people from A Country, who could immediately realize that these cultural treasures were China’s own, hence they should naturally be returned—a notion which was simply inconceivable! Follow current novels on novel~fire~net
It must truly be that Bai Chuwei had spent the money.
The director had heard that Bai Chuwei had previously visited the A Country Painting and Calligraphy Association’s exhibition in the Imperial Capital and had made headlines for drawing a turtle on Li Can’s face.
He guessed that it was during that time that the deal was negotiated with the manager.
The director was nearly overwhelmed with emotion. What was this?
This was giving away a fortune!
She had spent over twenty billion to purchase them from the manager of the painting and calligraphy association, and without batting an eye, she turned around and d them to their museum for all the people of China to see.
This was treating money like dirt, a level of boldness that even he did not possess!
The more the director of the Imperial Capital Cultural Museum thought about it, the more moved he became. He stared intently at Bai Chuwei, then suddenly bowed deeply to her, choked with emotion, "On behalf of the Imperial Capital Cultural Museum, I thank you, Miss Bai, for your generous gift!"
The students were stunned as they listened, and couldn’t help but mimic the director’s gesture, bowing deeply in Bai Chuwei’s direction and saying in unison, "Thank you, Miss Bai!"
As people of China, with these cultural treasures returning to their homeland, they, too, ought to thank Bai Chuwei!
All together, they bowed in unison, a stirring scene captured by the reporter’s camera.
Some students mixed among the crowd couldn’t help but wonder, "Miss Bai Chuwei, Miss Bai..."
Why did it sound like they were talking about the statue of Miss Bai from Imperial University?